1. IN CALLS TODAY ON RABIN, ALLON AND PERES WITH SENATOR ADLAI
STEVENSON, I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WITH LEADERSHIP SUNDAY'S
CABINET DECISION TO ACCEDE TO "U.S. PROPOSAL" TO OPEN DISCUSSIONS
WITH CONFRONTATION STATES ON END OF STATE OF WAR IN EXCHANGE FOR
TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS. REMARKS OF ALL THREE LEFT ME WITH
IMPRESSION THAT (1) THEY REGARD CABINET DECISION AS GENUINE
CONCESSION TO U.S. INSISTENCE ON FLEXIBLE ATTITUDE TOWARD
NEGOTIATING PROCESS AIRED IN WASHINGTON TALKS, (2)
WHILE CABINET WAS TOLD THAT TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS WOULD HAVE TO
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BE "SUBSTANTIAL", THERE WAS NO DETAILED DISCUSSION OF REAL ESTATE
TO BE OFFERED IN SINAI, GOLAN, OR WEST BANK, (3) THEY ARE UNCLEAR
AS TO WHAT IS MEANT BY "END OF STATE OF WAR" EXCEPT THAT CONCEPT
IS LESS THAN PEACE AND PERHAPS DIFFERENT FROM NON-BELLIGERENCY,
AND (4) FURTHER DISCUSSIONS NEEDED WITH WASHINGTON TO
CLARIFY LATTER AS WELL AS FIX ON NEXT ACTIONS.
2. I MAY BE UNCHARITABLE IN MY ASSESSMENT, BUT I HAVE FEELING THAT
LEADERSHIP HOPES THAT ARAB CAPITALS WILL REJECT NEW CONCEPTUAL
APPROACH, ISRAELIS CAN THEN FEEL THEY HAVE DONE THEIR BIT
AND WILL BE REWAREDE RATHER THAN PUNISHED, AND U.S. WILLTBE
RECONCILED TO NO-MOVEMENT IN 1976. YOU MAY HAVE BETTER FEEL
FOR LEADERSHIP'S MOOD AFTER YOU SEE DINITZ WHO, RABIN TOLD ME,
HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED FORMALLY CONVEY CABINET DECISION. BUT IF
MY BELLY HUNCH IS CORRECT, CLEARLY WE'LL HAVE TO ENGAGE IN FURTHER
HEAD-SCRUBBING HERE IF WE ARE TO MOVE CONSTRUCTIVELY. PLEASE
LET ME HAVE YOUR THOUGHTS, ADVICE, AND INSTRUCTIONS.
TOON
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SUBJECT: CONVERSATION WITH LEADERSHIP
1. IN CALLS TODAY ON RABIN, ALLON AND PERES WITH SENATOR ADLAI
STEVENSON, I HAD OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WITH LEADERSHIP SUNDAY'S
CABINET DECISION TO ACCEDE TO "U.S. PROPOSAL" TO OPEN DISCUSSIONS
WITH CONFRONTATION STATES ON END OF STATE OF WAR IN EXCHANGE FOR
TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS. REMARKS OF ALL THREE LEFT ME WITH
IMPRESSION THAT (1) THEY REGARD CABINET DECISION AS GENUINE
CONCESSION TO U.S. INSISTENCE ON FLEXIBLE ATTITUDE TOWARD
NEGOTIATING PROCESS AIRED IN WASHINGTON TALKS, (2)
WHILE CABINET WAS TOLD THAT TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS WOULD HAVE TO
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BE "SUBSTANTIAL", THERE WAS NO DETAILED DISCUSSION OF REAL ESTATE
TO BE OFFERED IN SINAI, GOLAN, OR WEST BANK, (3) THEY ARE UNCLEAR
AS TO WHAT IS MEANT BY "END OF STATE OF WAR" EXCEPT THAT CONCEPT
IS LESS THAN PEACE AND PERHAPS DIFFERENT FROM NON-BELLIGERENCY,
AND (4) FURTHER DISCUSSIONS NEEDED WITH WASHINGTON TO
CLARIFY LATTER AS WELL AS FIX ON NEXT ACTIONS.
2. I MAY BE UNCHARITABLE IN MY ASSESSMENT, BUT I HAVE FEELING THAT
LEADERSHIP HOPES THAT ARAB CAPITALS WILL REJECT NEW CONCEPTUAL
APPROACH, ISRAELIS CAN THEN FEEL THEY HAVE DONE THEIR BIT
AND WILL BE REWAREDE RATHER THAN PUNISHED, AND U.S. WILLTBE
RECONCILED TO NO-MOVEMENT IN 1976. YOU MAY HAVE BETTER FEEL
FOR LEADERSHIP'S MOOD AFTER YOU SEE DINITZ WHO, RABIN TOLD ME,
HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED FORMALLY CONVEY CABINET DECISION. BUT IF
MY BELLY HUNCH IS CORRECT, CLEARLY WE'LL HAVE TO ENGAGE IN FURTHER
HEAD-SCRUBBING HERE IF WE ARE TO MOVE CONSTRUCTIVELY. PLEASE
LET ME HAVE YOUR THOUGHTS, ADVICE, AND INSTRUCTIONS.
TOON
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